 Children are naturally prone to be empathic and moral July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Children between the ages of seven and 12 appear to be naturally inclined to feel empathy for others in pain, according to researchers at the University of Chicago, who used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ... | |
More kidney stone disease projected due to global warming July 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Global warming is likely to increase the proportion of the population affected by kidney stones by expanding the higher-risk region known as the "kidney-stone belt" into neighboring states, researchers at UT Southwestern ... | |
Weeding out the highs of medical marijuana July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Research exploring new ways of exploiting the full medicinal uses of cannabis while avoiding unwanted side-effects will be presented to pharmacologists today (Tuesday, 15 July) by leading scientists attending the Federation ... | |
 Exercise in a Pill July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Trying to reap the health benefits of exercise? Forget treadmills and spin classes, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may have found a way around the sweat and pain. They identified ... | |
 'Lazy eye' discovery of how an old gene learns new tricks July 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have made a discovery which could lead the way for new treatments into a rare eye disorder which if not treated can result in permanent blindness in childhood. | |
New evidence of battle between humans and ancient virus July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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For millennia, humans and viruses have been locked in an evolutionary back-and-forth -- one changes to outsmart the other, prompting the second to change and outsmart the first. With retroviruses, which work by inserting ... | |
A new light on the brains of people with borderline personality disorder August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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In a game of give and get, the brains of people with borderline personality disorder often don't get it. | |
Research reveals why some smokers become addicted with their first cigarette August 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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New research from The University of Western Ontario reveals how the brain processes the 'rewarding' and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their ... | |
 Study shows playing video games can change behaviour and biology August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Video games are among the most popular entertainment media in the world. Now, groundbreaking research involving McMaster University researchers shows that a specially designed video game can ... | |
Statin study could lead to test for gene variant July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world. | |
Common infertility treatments are unlikely to improve fertility 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 2
Long established medical interventions to help couples with infertility problems do not seem to improve fertility, according to a study published on bmj.com today. These findings challenge current practice in the UK and national ... | |
Vitamin C injections slow tumor growth in mice August 04, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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High-dose injections of vitamin C, also known as ascorbate or ascorbic acid, reduced tumor weight and growth rate by about 50 percent in mouse models of brain, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers, researchers from the National ... | |
Researchers grow human blood vessels in mice from adult progenitor cells July 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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For the first time, researchers have successfully grown functional human blood vessels in mice using cells from adult human donors — an important step in developing clinical strategies to grow tissue, researchers report in ... | |
Researchers design model for automated, wearable artificial kidney July 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Two researchers from UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have developed a design for an automated, wearable artificial kidney, or AWAK, that avoids the complications patients often suffer with ... | |
 Passive learning imprints on the brain just like active learning July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers. | |
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